--- tgpedersen <
tgpedersen@...> wrote:
> But if the new state of affairs was the result of a
> discussion
> between indigenous leaders, isn't it strange that
> the outcome on Fyn
> should the introduction of inhumation
> (predominantly) east-west (as
> Iranian-speakers would do), while on nearby
> Langeland inhumation
> graves are mostly north-south (as with certain
> unmentionable peoples
> in the Caucasus)?
*****GK: Note that there is no "set" orientation in
the Iranic inhumations from the territory of Ukraine,
whether Scythian, "Sarmatian", or Alanic (from the 7th
c. BC through the 4th c. AD). Scythian inhumations
"tend" to be west-oriented, but there are also many
which are north- and some that are south-oriented
(including a few southwest- and southeast-). Later
Iranic graves "tend" to be north-oriented (esp. in the
2nd and 3rd cs.) but some are west- and others
south-oriented. Otherwise the inventories are quite
similar for graves of the same epoch. It would seem
that no clear conclusions can be drawn from such
orientations. Focusing on grave shapes is slightly
more helpful.******
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